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Hundreds at Pakistani Mosque Surrender

Troops seal off area around radical outpost

By Greg Atwan, Newser User

Posted Jul 4, 2007 3:07 PM CDT

(Newser) – About 700 students have agreed to leave Islamabad's Red Mosque under pressure from Pakistani police surrounding the compound, the BBC reports. Several thousand people, including students as young as 10, remain inside the radical mosque after a clash between security forces and dissidents yesterday killed... Read full story »

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